Irene Khan
Irene Khan
Irene Zubaida Khanis a Bangladeshi lawyer who served as the seventh Secretary General of Amnesty International from 2001 to 2009). In 2011, she was elected Director-General of the International Development Law Organizationin Rome, an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the promotion of the rule of law. She is also a consulting editor of The Daily Star...
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth24 December 1956
CitySylhet, Bangladesh
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You don't know what will make it your turn to be detained next and if you are in detention you don't know what it will take to get released.
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We feel Australia has a very important role to play in the region, but it cannot do that if it doesn't practise what it preaches in its own territory,
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The people of Nepal have lived through far too much violence already. Without urgent action from the international community and all parties in Nepal, a new generation will grow up knowing nothing but bloodshed and conflict.
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The onus is on (aviation) companies to ensure that they are aware of the end use of any aircraft they lease or operate.
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we resist the manipulation of fear and challenge the narrow focus of the security agenda.
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Here you have these soldiers who have committed human rights abuses in Nepal being paid to go somewhere else and prevent abuses.